Category World Records
Verified world-record and elite athletic feats: strength, speed, endurance, and bodyweight records, told through what the science says about how those feats are actually possible.
Floating on Two Hands: The 37-Rep Planche Push-Up World Record
481.71 Pounds, Twice His Bodyweight: Owen Hubbard’s Raw Bench Press Record
The Wind Read Zero: Florence Griffith-Joyner’s Unbroken 10.49-Second Record
Ziana Azariah’s World Record Deadlift: The Rise Behind 269.5 kg
Damien Rooney’s 499 Weighted Chin-Up World Record
629 Pounds and Counting: Natalie Laalaai’s Heaviest-Ever Raw Deadlift
Ashley Paulson’s 100-Mile Treadmill Record: The Math
